All Summer Long by Hope LarsonThirteen-year-old Bina faces her first summer without her best friend, Austin, who has left for soccer camp. Other books in this series:All Together Now
Click by Kayla MillerWhen a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she wonders why all of her friends have already formed their own groups without her. Other books in this series:Camp, Act, and Clash, Besties Work It Out
Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives—and eventually her own. Other books related to this series:Tea Dragon Festival and Tea Dragon Tapestry
The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag"In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be." Other books in this series:The Hidden Witch #2 Midwinter Witch #3
Cardboard Kingdom by Chad SellFollows the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who create costumes from cardboard and use their imagination in adventures with knights, robots, and monsters.
Stargazing by Jen WangGrowing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.